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EPMU organisers have begun taking the Metals MECA out to sites as the first stage of the campaign to get subsequent parties signed up to the document. The...

The Metals and Manufacturing MECA has been ratified with a 4% pay increase over 11 ¼ months. The deal works out at an equivalent of 4.26% per...

EPMU members at Invercargill wood burner manufacturer Yunca have began strike action following the Work Rights Wage Drive rally in Invercargill on Monday. The eleven Yunca workers have...

The Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union and the New Zealand Dairy Workers Union this morning announced a major initiative to build high performance workplaces and boost New Zealand...

Workers at high-tech manufacturer Buckley Systems ratified their first ever collective agreement on Monday after union membership grew from three members to nearly ninety in a period of...

The Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union says businesses must use the Government's decision to delay the phase out of free carbon allocations as an opportunity to make their...

Workers at fastener manufacturer Assa Abloy have won an 11% pay rise over two years following four days of low-level industrial action - the first time industrial...

Workers at Ecolab's Hamilton plant have returned to work after four weeks of strike action, with the company still refusing to sign onto the Metals MECA. However, the...

The Government announced has announced import tariffs will be held at their 1 July 2009 levels until 30 June 2011. The announcement means manufacturing operations currently protected...

Workers at Ecolab's Hamilton plant have returned to work. More details to follow.